title: [The value of suprageniculate femoro-popliteal polytetrafluoroethylene prosthesis in surgical treatment of chronic arterial occlusive disease].
abstract: From January 1982 to December 1989, 74 patients with chronic critical ischemia were treated with an above knee-femoropopliteal PTFE-Bypass. The 5-year cumulative patency rate was 48%, the cumulative limb salvage rate 66%. In the same observation period 40 patients with a reversed saphenous vein above knee-Bypass were also followed-up. In this group the cumulative 5-year patency rate amounted to 77% and the limb salvage rate to 100%. The autogenous saphena magna is the conduit of choice for lower extremity artery bypass grafting. It showed in above knee reconstructions statistically significant superior results in comparison to PTFE grafts.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Thorax-, Herz- und Gefässchirurgie, Inselspital Bern.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Z'graggen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Inderbitzi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Krebs
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stirnemann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D013848:Thigh / Q000098:blood supply*
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene
vernacular_title: Die Wertigkeit der supragenikulären femoro-poplitealen Polytetrafluoroethylen-Prothese in der chirurgischen Behandlung der chronisch-arteriellen Verschlusskrankheit.